key concepts in climate change
DESCRIPTION
Presented at The Climate Integration Workshop on 24 June at the Begnas Resort, Pokhara, Nepal to the set context for the 4 day workshop, where participants, representing diverse actors in development from government ministries to local and international organizations and farming communities, collaborated in understanding and sharing perspectives on climate change vulnerability and adaptation and its linkages to poverty reduction in the Nepali context.TRANSCRIPT
Key Concepts in Climate Change
Climate Integration Workshop24 June 2010, Begnas Resort
1Sajal Sthapit, EcoAgriculture Partners/LI-BIRD
Presentation Outline
Global Carbon Cycle GHG Emissions by Sector and Region Meet the GHGs The Hockey Stick – Why Adapt? Why Mitigate? Adaptation: Opportunities for Mitigation
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Global Carbon Cycle
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Scherr and Sthapit 2009
GHG Emissions by Sector
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GHG emissions by sector in 2005 (CAIT ver. 7.0, WRI 2009)
Meet the GHGs
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Transportation, electricity & heat, building and agriculture fuel uses, industry, deforestation,
Livestock, manure, rice, waste
Agricultural soils
Sources
World GHG emissions in 2005 (CAIT ver. 7.0, WRI 2009)
GHG Emissions by Year
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The Hockey Stick – Why Adapt?
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Why Mitigate?
Tipping points
Arctic summer ice
Permafrost
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Adaptation: Opportunities for Mitigation…
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Adaptation: Opportunities for Mitigation
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Thank you
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